In this month's Around the Kitchen Table, Marci Konecny won a copy of Too Hot to Handle, a Fiona Silk Mystery by Mary Jane Maffini

Deb Forbes is the winner of the Mystery Lovers Kitchen tote bag from this month's Around the Kitchen Table

Congratulations to Autumn Trapani who won a copy of Mary Jane Maffini's TOO HOT TO HANDLE, a Fiona Silk Mystery.

Congratulations to Sharon F, who won a copy of For Cheddar or Worse, A Cheese Shop Mystery.

Congratulations to Marilyn, who has won a copy of Rhys Bowen's ON HER MAJESTY'S FRIGHTFULLY SECRET SERVICE!

Congratulations to MamaHen who won a choice of book from Daryl Wood Gerber aka Avery Aames.

Congratulations to our 7th Anniversary Photo Contest Winners: Jennifer M, Jana B, Erika L, Nancy S, and Lorraine A! Thanks to ALL for participating. What a blast!!! Here's to lots more years for the MLK gang.

Congratulations to Margo B.and Becky (at) Becky's Place who won gift cards for commenting on blogger Cozy Up with Kathy (Kaminski's) guest post.

Congratulations to 33Wynter who has won a copy of SOWED TO DEATH by Peg Cochran.Congratulations to Diane H. (profhollister at gmail dot com) who has won a copy of SOWED TO DEATH by Peg Cochran.Congratulations to Kelly Braun (Gaelicark at yahoo dot com) who has won a copy of No Farm, No Foul by Peg Cochran!Congratulations to Pat D.patdupuy(at)yahoo who has won a copy of SOWED TO DEATH by Peg Cochran

Congratulations to Judy Weaver, who's won a copy of KALE TO THE QUEEN by Nell Hampton (who is also Nancy Parra)!

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Please Welcome Our Guest Kay Finch!

Kay Finch is the author of the new Bad Luck Cat Mystery
series, with the first of the series, BLACK CAT CROSSING, coming from Berkley
in September 2015. Her most recent published mystery, Relative Chaos, features
a professional organizer who finds a dead body in a hoarder's garage. Kay grew
up on a Pennsylvania farm, but she got to Texas as fast as she could and discovered
her favorite vacation spot, the Texas Hill Country, setting of her new series.

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Thanks for inviting me to Mystery Lover’s Kitchen. My family
is especially delighted because I actually quit writing for a while to bake
something.I’ve had fun this year
writing Black Cat Crossing, book one of my new series, and defending Hitchcock,
the alleged Bad Luck Cat, from characters who believe black cats bring bad
luck. As my granddaughter wisely points out, that’s just plain silly.I’ve learned, though, that some people are
dead serious about their superstition. I prefer those that claim black cats are
good luck. Hitchcock is definitely good luck for me, and I can’t wait to see Black
Cat Crossing in print come September.

Enjoy your tarts. Don’t tell anyone, especially not my
thrifty Pennsylvania Dutch relatives, that I bought pecans for this instead of
shelling the bushels of pecans we picked up from our own backyard trees.

Black Cat Crossing will be available for pre-order from
Amazon soon, and I’ll be shouting that from the rooftops when the time comes. Meanwhile,
my Corie McKenna mysteries, Final Decree
and Final Cut, and Relative Chaos are available now in
print and Kindle versions.

Thanks for joining us today, Kay! I never knew how people got the dough into those little teeny tiny tart pans--now I know and it's not that hard! Like Sheila said, these are the perfect size because a whole slice of pecan pie can raise your sugar levels for a month! Can't wait for your new series. We've had a long string of cats (or they've had us would be more accurate) but never a completely black one!

Love Pecan Tarts they are just the right size for everyone. We have pecan trees and make them all the time. We have a black cat no bad luck and she is a sweetheart. She loves to sleep on my side during the night. Thank you for the recipe.